Furring strip



E. V. WALTER FURRING- STRIP May 21, 1929. 1

Filed April 20, 1926 smut Ear/e V Wzlfer Patented MayZl, 1929.

UNITED STATES EARLE v. WALTER,

or CANTON. 01110.

FURRING STRIP.

Application filed April 20,

The invention relates to strips connected to the outer or solid walls of buildings for attaching lath, and providing an air space between the outer wall and the lath and plaster or inner wall, such strips being commonly known as furring strips.

The object of the improvement is to pro' vide a fur-ring strip formed of a single strip of metal having integral wall ties for connection to the solid or outer wall and tangs for attachment of metal lath, the furring strip being provided with openings to permit a free circulation of air through the wall.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of a portion of the improved furring strip and Fig. 2, a horizontalsectional view through a portion of a wall showing the improved furring strip therein.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.

The improved furring stripis formed of a single sheet or strip of metal of the desired gauge, the central portion thereof being formed or pressed half-round or channel shape, as shown at 1.

Diametrically opposite, flat flanges 2.are formed at the side edges of the strip, for attachment to the outer wall indicated at 3, in Fig. 2. For the purpose of securely connecting the furring strip to the outer wall, integral, corrugated wall ties 4: are stamped, at proper intervals, from the flat flanges 2.

These wall ties are arranged to be imbedded in the mortar between courses of brick or stone in the outer wall, in the usual manner, as illustrated in Fig. 2. -The furring strip is thus permanently connectedto the outer wall by means of these ties.

For the purpose of attaching metal lath or the like, as indicated at 5, integral tangs 6 1926. Serial at. 103,266.

are stamped from the median portion of the half-round central part 1 of the furring strip 7 from the outer wall 3.

. In order to permit air to circulate freely between the inner and outer walls, openings 8 are formed in'eachside of the half-round central portion of the furring strip, permitting air to pass entirely through each strip;

From the above it will be obvious that a one piece furring strip is provided having integral. wall ties and lath attachin tangs and so constructed as to permit of a ree circulation of air through the space between the outer and inner walls and through each furring strip in the wall. 1

If desired, the corrugated wall ties 4 may be bent up into the normal plane of the side flanges 2 and expansion bolts 10 or folded wall ties 11, carried by the screws or nails 12, may be attached to the flanges 2 through the apertures 13 provided therein.

I claim: V v

1. A furring strip comprising a channel portion having integral lath attaching tangs at .its median line and provided with openings upon each side of the median line, flat flanges in the edges of the channel portion and integral wall ties stamped from said flanges. I

I 2. A furring strip comprising a channel portion having integral lath attaching tangs at its median line and provided with open-V ings upon each side of the median line, flat flanges in the edges of the channel portion and wall ties carried by said flanges.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

v. WALTER. 

